(Gothenburg, Sweden) Many decorative paints sold in over 40 low- and middle-income countries contained dangerous levels of lead, sometimes in direct violation of national regulation, according to a new report released by IPEN today. The report, Global Lead Paint Report, brings together data from paint studies conducted since 2009 in 46 low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America […]
29 June 2016 The OSCE Office in Yerevan presented a prize to Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment non-governmental organization (AWHHE) for their project to improve entrepreneurial skills and income generating capacities of female farmers through the use of solar fruit- and herb-drying equipment and technologies. Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan gave awards to twelve women entrepreneurs in the following […]
Yerevan Aarhus Center, June 2, 2016 Recent studies show that there are a large number of chemicals capable of disrupting the endocrine system. Penetrating into the human body by different routes of exposure, the endocrine disruptors (EDCs) act in an irregular manner, mimicking, blocking, or altering the natural hormones and their signaling systems. Endocrine disruptors are linked to a wide […]
The joint side event organized by WECF and partner NGOs from Armenia (AWHHE), Kyrgyzstan (ALGA), Georgia (RCDA) on 10 June- “Emerging Environmental Health Challenges in the UNECE Region” during the Eighth Ministerial Conference, 8-10 June, Batumi, Georgia, 2016. Summary report
According to UNEP (http://www.unep.org/dewa/Africa/publications/AEO-2/content/203.htm ) armed conflict has multiple, long- and short-term impacts on development, and on environmental and human well-being. The affects are felt at various spatial levels. Conflict undercuts or destroys environmental, physical, human and social capital, diminishing available opportunities for sustainable development. Conflict impacts on human well-being, reducing quality of life, the capabilities of people to live the […]
21-22 March 2016 Geneva, Switzerland The Regional Workshop on achieving equitable access to water and sanitation: from assessment to action under the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2000/wat/mp.wat.2000.1.e.pdf) to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/pdf/watercon.pdf ) was held on 21-22 March 2016. The objectives of the workshop were: To […]
7–9 March 2016 Geneva, Switzerland The Strategic workshop on future priorities under the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2000/wat/mp.wat.2000.1.e.pdf) to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) (http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/pdf/watercon.pdf ) was held on 7-8 March 2016. The main objective of the Strategic workshop was to identify future priorities under the Protocol on […]
Over 450 participants representing governments, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations took part in the seventh session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee on mercury (INC7) which concluded its work on 15 March 2016 at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center in Jordan after six days of meeting. INC7 was preceded by regional consultations on 9 March 2016. Successful outcomes […]
22.03.2016 Ապրիլի 9-ին կայանալիք համաքաղաքային շաբաթօրյակ-ծառատունկի, ինչպես նաև բնապահպանական այլ թեմաներ քննարկելու նպատակով Երևանի քաղաքապետարանի աշխատակազմի բնապահպանության վարչության պետ Ավետ Մարտիրոսյանը հանդիպել է բնապահպանական ՀԿ-ների ներկայացուցիչների հետ: Ներկայացվել են վերջին տարիներին մայրաքաղաքային շաբաթօրյակների և ծառատունկերի արդյունքները, այդ ուղղությամբ նախատեսվող առաջիկա անելիքները: Ավետ Մարտիրոսյանը հատկանշել է, որ հատկապես տպավորիչ են ծառերի կպչողականության ցուցանիշները, որոնք առանձին ծառատեսակների դեպքում հասնում են 90 տոկոսի: […]